day 21 no pipping!

[AmyLynn2374]

Still air should be 101-102 with temps taken near the tops of the eggs. Forced 99.5, but I run mine about 100-100.5 generally.

 

[Crazy_Acres]

Still air should be 101-102 with temps taken near the tops of the eggs. Forced 99.5, but I run mine about 100-100.5 generally.

Thanks!

 

[Crazy_Acres]

Yay pipping is happening. Humidity a bit funky as we had to add water to containers this morning before seeing the pipping. We are so excited!

 

[AmyLynn2374]

Yay pipping is happening. Humidity a bit funky as we had to add water to containers this morning before seeing the pipping. We are so excited!

Good luck.

 

[Crazy_Acres]

We have a baby <3 Born at 4:02 a.m. so excited <3

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

ok ...its day 21 and just a little more than concerned... got 198 eggs ( spaced 7 days apart at 66 eggs per batch -so waiting for first 66 to hatch now!) in my homemade deep freezer incubator ... not my first hatch ...but my first in my homemade bator .... the controls i used was ripped out the smaller one i bought (56 egg bator) ... keeps to a constant 38 degrees c ...works like magic .... however whats worrying me is the humidity ...i have no hygrometer ... i installed a glass window on the door and at night i gets covered in mist/droplets ... but in the warmth of the day ... mist/droplets disappear ... would the humidity alter the hatching time or did i royally screw this one up ??? with my little incubator ...always saw action on day 21 ... now nothing !!! Also started feeding my hens calcium carbonate to strengthen their shells - which worked like magic ... but is now just weighing on my mind! Maybe the shells are too tough ???

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

just to add to my post ....eish .... i never candled eggs before ... but decided to have a look now and i was right .... candle 2 eggs ... saw nothing ... cracked them open ..pure yolk ... took another 3 .... same thing .... another 3 ... all yolk !!! by the 15th egg ... half an embryo ... then looked at the second batch i put in two weeks ago .... examined 6 ...all 6 came up dark... What went wrong with the first batch ... gonna leave them in for a couple of days ... see what happens ... DAM !!! Old eggs ??? Collected those eggs during the last cold snap of winter ... was it the cold ?? are my men shooting blanks ???

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

Went and bought myself 2 hygrometers this morning ... reading at 56 percent humidity (which i'll pump up in a few minutes)... got enough vents and temp stable at 38 degrees ... got 3 fans circulating air .... have i missed anything ??

 

[DIGGIN CHICKEN]

well thought it was 38 degrees ... turns out .... more like 39.2 degrees .... that is registering with my new therm/hygro .... so i dropped the bators temp down to 37.5 ... maybe the extra insulation around deep freezer plus volume inside (height) not the same as the little crappy plastic bator ... gonna try and average temp out across the 2 indicators and hope for the best.

 

[Jtrow]

I think someone needs to invent something so we can tell if they alive in the incubator. How much less stress would we all be knowing there was a heart still